Stardust Memory- Stipulation of Gerbera

I was browsing through my drafts when I found this buried amongst them. I was supposed to post this article but decided to postpone it so that I could concentrate on preparing for my exams during that period of time. And a series of hosting problems that happened thereafter had me completely forgotten about its existence.

It was not until I was reading through DC23’s blog where he featured this as his “2009 Gunpla of the Year” that I remembered about it.

Julius first caught my attention with his diorama “Stardust Memory- Stipulation of Gerbera” for BAKUC 2009, where a GP-04 stands on top of a wrecked GP-03 Dendrobium.

Julius Lim hails from Penang, Malaysia. Though a beginner in blogging, he certainly has very impressive skills to boot for a modeler. The manner he crafted the entire denbrodium from scratch, certainly speaks volumes about his modeling abilities.

A close-up on some of the details

The large claws for holding the large beam sabers

The missle pods

Denbrodium base & I-Field Generator

The assembled scratchbuilt Denbrobium

For more details of his work-in-progress, you can visit his article – BAKUC 2009 : Stardust Memory- Stipulation of Gerbera and Work-in-Progress thread @ Zero G

And for more photos of his completed work, you may view this article – BAKUC 2009 : RX78-GP04G WIP and the completed photos @ Zero G

Upon further reading through his blog entries, I’ve uncovered more great dioramas that Julius has previously constructed. Such as the following:

BAKUC 2008 – Sinanju

The Sinanju that he had scratch-built. I couldn’t tell it that was scratch-build from the first look from the photos, until I read and looked further into his entry.

Stage19 – The Moon In The Darkness (Eva Dio 1998)

A non-gundam diorama for a change but just as equally impressive.

DC23 has nominated Julius’s “Stardust Memory- Stipulation of Gerbera” for his “2009 Gunpla of the Year” and it is not difficult to see why.

Any thoughts on the “Stardust Memory- Stipulation of Gerbera” diorama after seeing it? With 2009 will be ending in another couple of weeks, I would like to pose you the following question:

“If you had to choose, which would you choose as your Gunpla/Diorama of the Year 2009?” For diorama’s case, would this “Stardust Memory- Stipulation of Gerbera”, “The Graveyard by DC23 ” or “The Sinanju Diorama” be your choice or will it be something else. If so, post a link to the diorama of your choice. The same goes for your choice of gunpla for 2009.

For my choice of the “Diorama of the Year 2009″, my vote goes to DC23’s The Graveyard. As for Gunpla of the Year, I’m still deciding and looking around for it. What’s yours?